GRE Word List
POTENTIAL
existing in possibility : capable of development into actuality
The meaning of the word potential is existing in possibility : capable of development into actuality.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pathetic | having a capacity to move one to either compassionate or contemptuous pity |
| conducive | tending to promote or assist |
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| flirt | to move erratically : flit |
| maelstrom | a powerful often violent whirlpool sucking in objects within a given radius |
| nonsense | words or language having no meaning or conveying no intelligible ideas |
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| speck | a small discoloration or spot especially from stain or decay |
| apothecary | one who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinal purposes |
| queasy | causing nausea |